Saturday, July 16, 2011

Numbers ( すうじ, Suuji )

There are two ways of writing the numbers in Japanese, in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3...) and in Chinese numerals (一, 二, 三...). Here I have included only Arabic numerals and their pronunciations.


In English
日本語
Pronunciation
0
ゼロ (in katagana)
Zero
1
いち
Ichi
2
Ni
3
さん
San
4
よん or 
Yon  / Shi
5
Go
6
ろく
Roku
7
なな
Nana
8
はち
Hachi
9
きょう / く
Kyuu / Ku
10
じゅう
Juu
100
ひゃく
Hyaku
1000
せん
Sen
10000
まん
Man